His number is on the door. If you come during business hours and it’s closed, it’s because he went home to hang out with his wife while she makes hot meals to sell at the store for lunch and dinner. They live just down the block. If you call he’ll be there in under 5 min.

It’s fine, if I owned a place that didn’t get a lot of traffic during the day, I’d probably do the same thing. He’s always around in the afternoon when people are actually likely to show up, and most of his customers are people from his community that he knows personally, so it seems to work for him.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

How are the wife's meals?

[–] CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

You know, I’ve never actually bought one, so I don’t know yet. It’s in a location I usually only get to around noon (how I know about his going home), and I typically only eat in the late afternoon/evening, so it just hasn’t really lined up, but I should get one to have later one day. Maybe I’ll do that Wednesday since I have an appointment in the area. Could use more bulk spices and lychee candies anyway :)

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Indian food is amazing

[–] CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Hard agree there. I recently tried palak paneer for the first time, and while it looks truly horrific, it tasted lovely :)

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not an expert or anything, so I'll be basic and say I usually get tikka masala. I like getting it extra spicy though. It's not good unless your scalp is sweating lol.

I do really like chana masala as well. And I haven't had palak, but I've had saag paneer which was good. They seem similar according to google.

[–] CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I’ve had saag paneer as well, also looks horrific but goes beautifully with coconut rice.

Palak paneer was spicier, but largely similar taste profile, yeah. I’m not super into really hot food all the time, I like it sometimes, but typically I’d like to get through more than a couple bites before I have to stop, and I’m a bit of a wuss unless I’m in the mood for it, so the paneers and stuff have been good. I’m also a fan of a good goat vindaloo, and really I’ll try just about anything.

I just learned the other day that masalas are spice blends that form the backbone of a dish’s flavor profile. I was under the impression that it was a preparation or something, what with it being in the name of so many dishes, but no. And there are many many many kinds of masala, grouped by region, sort of a family recipe sort of thing, which is really neat.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 21 hours ago

Yeah, I made butter chicken once from a recipe I got online, and had to buy a packet of garam masala (still sitting in my cabinet lol).

Turned out great actually

[–] balsoft@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thousands of OpenStreetMap editors hospitalized with a simultaneous stroke

[–] axx@slrpnk.net 5 points 21 hours ago

I was actually going to point out that this is probably not that hard to record in OSM.

[–] foxwolf@pawb.social 5 points 22 hours ago

I love this bookstore!! It is very difficult to figure out if it will be open. You have to just drive or walk by and look to see if the door is open. Do you live in wheeling or nearby? If so, hi neighbor!! Didn't think there were too many ohio valley folks on lemmy!

[–] hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Cute, but if realistic probably a good argument for ordering books on the internet.

[–] Trex202@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If I looked online for the local independent book store's hours and made my way down there only to see this sign and locked doors? I'd be pretty upset and would consider different means to get my novel fix.

[–] BrickEater@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

Or maybe just go check Buds Bar? Seems like a small community. As someone who hates ordering online I'd much rather hunt a guy down to buy from his shop than ever give money to scamazon

[–] LincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip 1 points 22 hours ago

Pretty low bar. That's why we have Amazon now. Just have a chuckle, maybe check Buds Bar and the next time you're free call ahead. Its not that much of an inconvenience.

[–] foxwolf@pawb.social 3 points 22 hours ago

Eh, there is so much other stuff around this particular book store that I doubt you'd be disappointed if you went down there and it was closed. Also, this is not a typical book store. It has ancient, rare books, vintage books in all sorts of languages, and just all sorts of neat stuff you would probably never think to actually "search" for. It's not like a books-a-million or a library even. It's a totally unique experience you really can't get online.